People felt ALL ON THE SAME TEAM. People were Friendly. People were Happy. People were Optimistic. Imagine if our society promoted these feelings everyday, not just when a championship was won.
I loved this perspective! I watched all those games as a fan, having been a Celtics fan since the era of Bob Cousy and Bill Russell in the fifties! Cousy is still with us at age 95, but we recently lost the two Bills, Russell and Walton.
Understood and appreciated. And yet, here's another take on this, which claims that the ruling class use sports to rule the masses and shows how it's done. I find his claim and explanation quite persuasive https://youtu.be/M1FMhYr05zo?si=W8HTAYUtjeYE23vq
Yes, it is true that sports offers relief from capitalism without actually ending capitalism. One could call it a "safety valve" for capitalism. As you apparently realize, the point of my article was about sports fans and what they value, not about capitalism and its opposite values. The importance of the former is what I discuss here in explicitly political and revolutionary terms: https://www.pdrboston.org/ordinary-people-are-the-solution .
I loved this perspective! I watched all those games as a fan, having been a Celtics fan since the era of Bob Cousy and Bill Russell in the fifties! Cousy is still with us at age 95, but we recently lost the two Bills, Russell and Walton.
Thank you!
Understood and appreciated. And yet, here's another take on this, which claims that the ruling class use sports to rule the masses and shows how it's done. I find his claim and explanation quite persuasive https://youtu.be/M1FMhYr05zo?si=W8HTAYUtjeYE23vq
Yes, it is true that sports offers relief from capitalism without actually ending capitalism. One could call it a "safety valve" for capitalism. As you apparently realize, the point of my article was about sports fans and what they value, not about capitalism and its opposite values. The importance of the former is what I discuss here in explicitly political and revolutionary terms: https://www.pdrboston.org/ordinary-people-are-the-solution .
I understand.
And thank you for the link to that excellent piece 🙏